South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a

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statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in

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. The Adelaide Studios are managed by the South Australian Film Corporation for the use of the South Australian film industry.

History

1972–2000

The South Australian Film Corporation was founded as a production company in 1972, established under the ''South Australian Film Corporation Act'' by the Dunstan government. It was intended “to stimulate and encourage the formation and continued development of the South Australian film and television industry”. At the time of the Corporation's establishment, the Australian film industry was stagnating, and the Corporation played a significant role in the revival of Australian film making. Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p17 From its genesis, the SAFC collaborated with various government departments and agencies in the production of short documentaries and educational films. These included co-productions with the South Australian Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Department of Marine & Harbors, the Education Department, the Office of Fair Trading, the Department of Housing, Urban and Regional Affairs and others. In the 1980s, the SAFC shifted its focus to television production. It relocated to a disused Philips factory in

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in the north-west suburbs of

. Jock Bair was head of drama.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 548-550 In 1994 its role changed, as it ceased producing films and became the government's central agency to provide assistance to independent film makers. The television mini-series ''

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'' was the last production produced by the SAFC. As the first state film corporation in Australia, the success of its business model led other state governments to establish similar bodies charged with the promotion of film production and fostering industry development. Since then, it has focused on supporting (including providing funding) and facilitating the production of films and television in South Australia, as well as making production and post-production facilities available.

21st century

SAFC facilitated the production of the

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program ''

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'' (2001–2009), which was filmed on location in rural South Australia.

2008: relocation

In 2008, SA Premier and Arts Minister

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secured cabinet approval from the

to fund the relocation of the SAFC at a cost of A$43 million. The project included new sound stages and mixing suites, as well as a major refurbishment of an historic 19th-century building as a high-tech film hub. The Corporation moved its headquarters to Glenside, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, sharing the historic former administration building of Glenside Hospital with film production company

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. The new Adelaide Studios were opened by Rann on 20 October 2011.

2009–2012: FilmLab

FilmLab was a low-budget

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initiative created in 2008, with a budget of to be allocated to the production of eight low-budget feature films over four years, from initial concept through to delivery and marketing of the films. In May 2009 the four successful teams were announced, chosen from a shortlist of 14:

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, Bryan Mason and Matt Cormack of

; Hugh Nguyen and Eddie White of the People's Republic of Animation;

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of Cyan Films with Matthew Bate of Plexus Films; and Ashlee Page and Sonya Humphrey of

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. The initiative ran until 2012, and was credited with launching the careers of at least 12 filmmakers, and also helped to bring to fruition critically acclaimed films including '' Shut Up Little Man'', ''

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'' and '' The Infinite Man''. The idea was reprised in a new initiative in 2021, Film Lab: New Voices.

2017–present

In 2017, the Corporation announced that a new TV Series called "Soccer Swap" was a co-production with Australia's

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and China's Qingdao TV. Also in 2017, The Heysen Hicks Set Construction Studio, so named in honour of filmmakers Scott Hicks and his wife

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, was opened.

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franchise ''

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'' as a feature film was the largest film production in the state's history. In May 2019, it was announced that the film had entered pre-production and would be shot in South Australia, before being released in April 2021. In August 2019,

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Courtney Gibson resigned, returning to

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15 months after taking up the role. A few weeks later, the government confirmed the appointment of South Australian producer Kate Croser, who has had a long career in Australian film and television. Amanda Duthie, who in late 2018 left her post at the

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and became Head of Production, Development, Attraction and Studios, also serving as acting CEO of SAFC after Gibson's departure, resigned her position to return to

as of 22 November 2019.

Governance and funding

The Corporation was responsible to the state Minister for the Arts until March 2018, then reported to the Premier

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until July that year, when it was transferred to the Department of Innovation and Skills. From 1996 it received funding via

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(later Arts South Australia), until that body's disbandment by the Marshall government in late 2018. In June 2019, the state government announced a huge boost to funding of the film industry, with a one-off awarded to the SAFC's Screen Production Investment Fund. ''Mortal Kombat'' is a major recipient.

Current strategies and projects

First Nations Screen Strategy 2020–2025

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, Major Moogy Sumner, Dennis Stokes, and John Harvey.

Film Lab: New Voices

"Film Lab: New Voices" is an initiative launched in 2021, delivered by the SAFC and the

(AFF), in collaboration with

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, with the delivery of the development phase of the inaugural round assisted by

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. It enables teams of emerging filmmakers to develop a low-budget

over a 12-month period, mentored by an experienced story developer, with one team chosen for funding to complete the making of their film ready for the next AFF. At least one member of each team must be from a group under-represented in the SA film industry, including filmmakers who are women;

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;

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(CALD); Deaf and disabled;

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; and/or who live in regional and remote parts of the state. In the inaugural round, 49 teams submitted 63 projects, and three teams were selected for further development of their projects over an 11-month period. Funding of () was provided by the SAFC and AFF for the winning team, comprising director

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(director), Lucy Campbell (scriptwriter) and

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(producer), to bring their film ''

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'' to the 2022 AFF. The other two teams continue to be developed and will seek funding to bring their projects to completion: ''In The Mati'', from writer/director Peter Ninos and producer Georgia Humphreys; and ''In The Storm'', from writer/director Madeleine Parry and producer Peta Astbury Bulsara. The second round opened in August 2021, with seven projects shortlisted in February 2022 and the three successful teams eligible for further development to be announced in March 2022. To support the SAFC First Nations Screen Strategy (2020–2025), one of the three teams selected for development will have at least two members identifying as

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. The winning team comprised writer-directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese, and producer Tom Phillips, who made the animated sci-fi comedy '' Lesbian Space Princess'', which premiered at Adelaide Film Festival on 27 October 2024. The two other teams making it to the top three were awarded grants of $20,000 grant to further develop their scripts: ''For the Record'', from writer/director Alies Sluiter and producer William Littleton; and ''The Forgotten'', from writer Travis Akbar, director Thibul Nettle, and producer Joshua Trevorrow.

Influence on Australian filmmaking

The Corporation's activities contributed to the rebuilding process undertaken by Australia's film industry, with other states set up similar bodies after SAFC's establishment. Besides its productions that had critical and commercial success in the 1970s, the Corporation's productions helped to launch the careers of many artists, including

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, Jack Thompson, Scott Hicks,

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and

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. The Adelaide Studios have provided facilities for

s such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Storm Boy'', ''

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'' and ''

'', as well as many

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Screen Creatives Hub

The Adelaide Studios are also the location for a number of tenants, all businesses concerned with filmmaking. , these include the

, Body Image Movement,

, Highview Productions, and Triptych Pictures. Highview Productions is headed by producer Lisa Scott, who founded the company in 2019. It is responsible for the feature film ''

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'' and the TV series '' The Tourist'', both of which won awards, as well as the series '' Janet King'' and ''

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''. Scott, who is originally from

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, did a film production course at

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in 1988, and then worked for

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from 1989 until 1998. Since then she has worked as an independent producer. Highview was selected as the SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator host company. This initiative was being run by SBS and

, and supported by the SAFC, . In 2024 she was selected to participate in Global Producers Exchange, an

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initiative, and in mid-May 2024 is joining an

delegation to the

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at the

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. Scott and

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are collaborating on the production of a series based on the best-selling book by Adelaide author

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, ''

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''. Actor and writer

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works as a story consultant for Highview Studios. Triptych Pictures is run by Kristian Moliere (formerly of Smoking Gun Productions) and Julie Byrne, who were responsible for producing the feature films ''

'', '' Lucky Country'', and '' The Survival of Kindness'' (2022), among others; the TV series ''

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''; and YouTube videos for

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Major productions

Works listed below can be found via the SAFC "Made in SA Showcase" web page.

SAFC as producer

*''

Sunday Too Far Away ''Sunday Too Far Away'' is a 1975 Australian drama film directed by Ken Hannam. It belongs to the Australian Film Renaissance or the "Australian New Wave", which occurred during that decade. The film is set on a sheep station in the Australian o ...

'' (1975) *'' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975) (co-production with McElroy & McElroy) *''Smokes and Lollies'' (1975) (short documentary) *'' Storm Boy'' (1976) *''

The Fourth Wish ''The Fourth Wish'' is a 1976 Australian family film directed by Don Chaffey based on a three-part 1974 TV drama from the ABC. Plot Casey is a simple man living alone with his 12-year-old son Sean in a rented run-down apartment in suburban Adelai ...

'' (1976) *''

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'' (1977) (co-production with McElroy & McElroy) *''

Blue Fin ''Blue Fin'' is a 1978 Australian family film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe and Elspeth Ballantyne. It is based on a 1969 Australian novel written by Colin Thiele. Plot Based on the children's novel by South A ...

'' (1978) (co-production with McElroy & McElroy) *''

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'' (1978) (co-production with Forest Home Films) *''

Money Movers ''Money Movers'' is a 1978 Australian crime action drama film written and directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the 1972 novel ''The Money Movers'' by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services. The story deals loosel ...

'' (1978) *'' The Sound of Love'' (1978) (TV movie) *''

Weekend of Shadows ''Weekend of Shadows'' is a 1978 film directed by Tom Jeffrey and starring John Waters. Premise In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him. Cast *John Water ...

'' (1978) *''

Dawn! ''Dawn!'' is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser, who served as technical adviser for the production. It starred Bronwyn Mackay Payne and Bunney Brooke, and was written by Joy Cavill a ...

'' (1979) *''

Harvest of Hate ''Harvest of Hate'' is a 1978 Australian film made for TV about Arab terrorists operating in South Australia. Cast * Dennis Grosvenor as Peter Scanlon * Kris McQuade as Ruth Grant * Michael Aitkens as David * Richard Meikle as Camden * John Or ...

'' (1979 TV movie) *'' The Plumber'' (1979) (TV movie) *''

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'' (1980) *'' The Club'' (1980) *'' Pacific Banana'' (1981) *'' The Survivor'' (1981) (Co-production) *''

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'' (1982) *''Teenage'' (1982) *''

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'' (1982) (TV mini-series) *''

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'' (1983) (TV mini-series) *''

Under Capricorn ''Under Capricorn'' is a 1949 British historical drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a couple in Australia who started out as lady and stable boy in Ireland, and who are now bound together by a horrible secret. The film is based on t ...

'' (1983) (TV mini-series) *'' The Fire in the Stone'' (1984) (TV movie) *''

Robbery Under Arms ''Robbery Under Arms'' is a bushranger novel by Thomas Alexander Browne, published under his pen name Rolf Boldrewood. It was first published in serialised form by ''The Sydney Mail'' between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes in ...

'' (1985) (Feature film and mini-series) *''

Playing Beatie Bow ''Playing Beatie Bow'' is a popular Australian children's novel, written by Ruth Park and first published on 31 January 1980. It features a time slip in Sydney, Australia. Plot summary Lynette Kirk has been a happy child, cheery about her paren ...

'' (1986) *''

Run Chrissie Run! ''Run Chrissie Run!'' (also known as ''Money Hunters'' and ''Moving Targets'' in the US) is a 1984 Australian Action film, action Thriller (genre), thriller film, directed by Chris Langman. Graham Hartley adapted the script from the novel ''When ...

'' (TV) (1986) (Video) *'' The Shiralee'' (TV) (1987 TV movie) *''

Sebastian and the Sparrow ''Sebastian and the Sparrow'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Scott Hicks.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p355-356 Hicks says he wanted to make the film one he ...

'' (1988) *'' Ultraman: Towards the Future'' (co-production with Japan's

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) (1990) *''

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'' (1991 TV series) *''

Bad Boy Bubby ''Bad Boy Bubby'' is a 1993 crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Rolf de Heer, and starring Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph Cotterill, and Carmel Johnson. Hope stars as the titular character, a mentally challenged man who has be ...

'' (1993) *''

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'' (1993) *''

'' (1994) (TV mini-series)

SAFC as production facilitator

*'' Golden Fiddles'' (1994) (TV mini-series) *'' The Life of Harry Dare'' (1995) *''

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'' (1995) *'' Shine'' (1996) *'' Sun on the Stubble'' (1996) (TV mini-series) *'' Kiss or Kill'' (1997) *''

Dance Me to My Song ''Dance Me to My Song'' is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer about a woman with cerebral palsy who is abused by a professional carer but then manages to seduce her boyfriend. The film was conceived by Heather Rose, who had ce ...

'' (1998) *'' The Fairies'' (1998, 2000 (Vintage VHS) – 2005, 2007, 2009 (TV series)) *''

'' (2001–2009) (TV series) *''

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories ''The Old Man Who Read Love Stories'' is a 2001 Australian adventure drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It is based on the book of the same name by Luis Sepulveda. Although the film premiered in 2001 it was not seen in cinemas until 2004.

'' (2001) *''

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'' (2002) *''

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The Honourable Wally Norman ''The Honourable Wally Norman'' is a 2003 Australian comedy film directed by Ted Emery. It stars Kevin Harrington, Shaun Micallef, and Greig Pickhaver. It was filmed primarily in South Australia and was nominated for two AFI awards. Plot The ...

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Alexandra's Project ''Alexandra's Project'' is a 2003 Australian drama thriller film written and directed by Rolf de Heer and starring Gary Sweet and Helen Buday. Plot Upon returning home from work on his birthday, Steve, a middle class husband and father of two, ...

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December Boys ''December Boys'' is a 2007 Australian drama film directed by Rod Hardy and written by Marc Rosenberg and adapted from the 1963 novel of the same name by Michael Noonan. It was released on 14 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United ...

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Lucky Miles ''Lucky Miles'' is a 2007 Australian drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Western Australia by boat in order to seek asylum. Its director was Michael James Rowland and its producers were Jo Dyer and Lesley D ...

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References

External links

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